Love It or Hate It? You Can't Ignore It

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As a welder/fabricator I once made a bad mistake that wasted two days of labor and a bunch of metal specially ordered for something to do with the shop, meaning it was not being made to sell. I felt bad about it and my boss said something like "If you never make a mistake you are not making anything worthwhile." This happened on a Friday and I had a date that night. I took her to PF Chang's and enjoyed the company and the food. My fortune cookie that I got with the check was word for word exactly what my boss had said only a few hours before. When I showed my fortune to my boss, he smiled and said, "Yea, I like PF Chang's too."

I just bought a new bit and realised i bought an upcut bit. Figured it wouldn't make a difference. Your mistake might just have saved me a similar mistake. Thank you. And thanks Dolores.

As a weekend woodworker I learned that the hardest thing in this hobby is accepting imperfections and own mistakes. Your videos teach me how to incorporate imperfections into the design part of the build. Thank you (and Dolores) for sharing this experience

This table is absolutely beautiful. (and I am glad you didn’t end up going with the skateboard and agree with you that it’s not a feature :-). I find it very brave of you to not only tackle this situation with creativity and perseverance, but that you share the journey with others.

My father was a traditional wooden boat builder for all of my childhood. He would say the better the woodworker, the better they are at making their mistakes look intentional. I'd say you did well in that respect.

The inlays honestly give the feel of extremely large bowties. Making three definitely made it feel intentional, even if it started out as a gaffe.

Love that you showed the mistake and left it in the video, your honesty and r3flection is what makes you one of the best craftsman on YouTube to watch

I personally feel that the leg assembly is the actual work of art in this build! Thanks dolores for agreeing to play our role. A good percentage of your subscribers must be fans of your storytelling more than your design/craft, so no losses in that respect. great video!

If I had $15k to spend on a table, I'd buy it. I love your honesty, and the craftsmanship you put into recovering this build is astounding. Life is full of mistakes and hardships. This table displays that fact in a most beautiful way.

The sketchup animation makes it a million percent easier to understand your work flow. Must take forever but it really helps. Deloris nailed it… so thanks Deloris

I genuinely like the patched table more than the unpatched. I really like the interplay between the natural contours of the slab that's been filled in with epoxy and the straight inlays. It feels almost like bridges over water, which I personally love. Thanks Fourlores!

My father is a gunsmith and bedding gunstocks is a big part of what he does. Basically cover the gun in epoxy and play the barrel into the wood. He always told me that the release agent meant specifically for that does not work great. Instead, he used Cobra floor wax. It costs a fraction of the price and has never failed him. If you want to try it out next time you make a round table, maybe you don't have to give up on that dream! Also. Thanks Delores

"What's more important than people thinking I'm good, is people trusting that I'll always be honest." I watch your videos thinking, he does such great work and makes such interesting videos - but I'll never be that kind of woodworker; we're so different. Then you said this and I realized, we're more alike than I originally thought. Cheers to your integrity, and thanks Dolores!

Chris, I've been a custom woodworker for more years than you've been alive. One thing that I've learned is that mistakes will happen. Usually they happen to a greater degree the more you stress about the project, and if you aren't making mistakes, then you aren't doing anything worthwhile. It truly does suck that the client lost faith and decided to back out of the project on you, but I've learned that the honesty that comes from owning up to the mistakes is worth way more than any amount of money I've lost from the mistakes themselves. "Hangie" could have definitely handled the situation differently, but they chose not to, and that is their right to do so. Your commitment to finish the project and develop deeper character to move forward will make you a better maker in the long run, but also in the short term. There are many who will look at this video and move on, but there are also those who will look at it and choose you for their next project because of that honesty. Those are the ones you want to work for. Not because of the mistakes, but because of their faith in you. I am unsure of what direction I would have taken with the table personally, but it isn't my place to say whether you did a good job or not, anyway. I support you in the choices you made in the moment, and actually believe that the table turned out quite beautiful despite the setbacks. Keep on doing what you're doing, learn from, then move on, from the errors of being human. Push yourself out of your comfort zone in some way on every project and as often as you can. It will keep you on your toes, and force you to grow both as a maker, and as a human being. You're doing fine... and I certainly hope you said, "Thanks, Delores" for all the support and assistance that woman has given you.

I see the call for more Delores content has not fallen on deaf ears. Thanks Delores.

Probably one of my favorite videos you’ve ever done. Ownership and honesty were on brand and totally respectable. It’s still a way cool table, just a different aesthetic now. Should def still sell it. It’s a sexy table.

Every time I watch a Foureyes video I’m so impressed by the craftsmanship of course, but the storytelling and lessons both in a physical sense and a philosophical sense keep me gripped all the way through! This might be my favorite video I’ve watched on this channel!

Maybe not with that base, but a brass inlay could have been a cool option too.

I like your Popsicle insert solution. Before it was finished, I saw the inserts as brass in my head. I think completely different material like brass would have pulled it off as well. Well done, and thanks Dolores!